286' AGRICULTURAL iy«3AtB 



ACCOUNT OF A COTTAGER'S CULTIVATIOIf. 



Showing how great protp-its may be obtained from 

 a small piece of land. 



There is in the United States, and indeed in every civilized 

 country of which we have any knowledge, a large class of cit- 

 izens who are greatly dependant for their support on the pro- 

 duce of small parcels of land, perhaps one or two acres. 



It has been said that an ancient Roman understood so well 

 the art of cultivating the soil, that he could support his family 

 upon the produce of one acre of ground. It may be expected 

 that in the United States, that classi of citizens whose condition 

 will render them dependant on the produce of a very small 

 piece of land for their subsisterice, will hereafter be very 

 Numerous. It may therefore be truly said, that the science 

 which enables us to acquire the greatest quantity of useful veg- 

 etables from a small piece of ground, is of most importance to 

 that class of our citizens to whom we shall be greatly indebted 

 for our physical strength. Those of that description, who 

 would better their condition, and increase their comforts, may 

 derive essential benefits fiom the following account of a cotta- 

 ger's cultivation, in Shrepshire, England j published by Sir 

 William Pultney, Bart. May, 1805. 



Within two and a half miles of Shrewsbury, a cottager 

 whose name is Richard Millward, has a house, and adjoining to 



